The use of historical or casual archived footage and recordings in animation adds a level of realness to the "illusion of life" and it touches the line with documentary not quite crossing it. This presentation talks about the difference between the two and how animation can be used as a recreation of a memory or to illustrate historical events giving a depth that live action can't, filling the blanks for inexistent material and creating a whole other subgenre both in documentary film and animated films.
- Dustin Grella's Prayers for Peace http://www.dustystudio.com/159210/676354/projects/prayers-for-peace. Talk about Dusty's approach to animation both technical and the use of documentary/real sound that wasn't originally intended for animation.
- What is consider a documentary "Archival footage plus talking heads does not always equal historical truth." What does archival footage add to animation if it isnt a documentary?
- History of animation in documentary. When did it start? examples.
- Winsor McCay's Lusitania (1918)the first animated documentary
- What does the use of a real recording (not rehearsed) add to animation?
- Is the man who is tall happy? A conversation with Noam Chomsky
- If documentary is about real life, how can animation add to that? Animation as a "practical Answer"
- Animation as a part of a documentary but as the center of it.
- More examples of animated documentaries
